Astance on an issue, or a group of issues

What do you think washington meant by the comment he said "the baneful effects of the spirit of party."

One of the main problems with the indian reservation system was that government agents took land from settlers to give to american indians. dealt dishonestly with american indian families. did not understand the power structure of american indian tribes. gave land to settlers who removed american indians.

“well,” he says, “there’s excuse for picks and letting-on, in a case like this; if it warn’t so, i wouldn’t approve of it, nor i wouldn’t stand by and see the rules broke—because right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better. it might answer for you to dig jim out with a pick, without any letting-on, because you don’t know no better; but it wouldn’t for me, because i do know better.” the meaning in this excerpt is